another, possibly stupid xp question

Kalinski · Post by **Kalinski** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 12:15 pm

Really sorry as this has prob been discussed a million times but i am nervous and need help!

I currently have a PIII 750 with 512Mb RAM Pulsar II card cubase VST 5.1. My windows 98 system is giving up the ghost and i want to upgrade to xp.

1. I have SFP, but do i install earlier versions before reinstalling SFP on to XP?
2. I have backed up everything to my second hard drive, but is there anything else i should be doing?
3. I am running Cubase VST 5.1 r.1, ReCycle 1.7, Wavelab 2.02, Rebirth-338 2.0 does anyone know of any issues with these

apologies for the amount of questions!

sorry if you have seen this type of post loads, but thanks in advance!

Kalinski

firubbi · Post by **firubbi** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 1:20 pm

format your c drive by xp(+install xp) then
install sfp 3.1a next 3.1b. then directx9b then cubase and rest of your software.
thanks

Kalinski · Post by **Kalinski** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 3:18 pm

do i need to remove the card?

arela · Post by **arela** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 3:36 pm

No, but it might be better to get the pc up and running first.
Then you avoid q's for drivers while you tweak/finetune your system.

Tony B · Post by **Tony B** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 12:24 am

Kalinsky I saw a post similar to yours on the Cakewalk forum. I posted a reply to it. To me SFP works best with NTFS.

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Kalinski · Post by **Kalinski** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 1:08 pm

Sorry what is NTFS? Now i am being really stupid (NT file system? in terms of formatting)

Ricardo · Post by **Ricardo** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 8:59 am

Hi Kalinski,
No you're not being really stupid, you just need to spend some time reading the posts that interest you here at Planet Z.
When you install XP as a clean OS it will let you choose how to format your C drive. Choose NTFS, and let it format your drive. Take all your cards out prior to install so that it installs the windows drivers only. When installed do the tweaks mentioned in the tips and tricks section. Then install your CW cards, then other cards. Windows XP will tell you that the CW drivers are unsigned, just press 'install anyway'. Don't install SFP until you have all your other audio software installed.
NTFS handles large files better than FAT32 and offers higher encryption.
There are a number of posts here that will answer your questions.

Plato · Post by **Plato** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 9:24 am

This might be a bit of a spanner in your works, but I don't think I would trust a 750Mhz PIII machine to run XP efficiently.....XP is optimized for PIV.
I might be totally paranoid, but I for one waited till I upgraded my whole system before turning to XP.
Also if you do use XP, make sure you install it in Standard PC mode rather than the default ACPI mode.....I found Scope just doesn't work properly unless you do this (Everybody....please correct me if you've had it working in ACPI) but believe me, this had me scratching my head for many hours.
You will need to reinstall a hell of a lot of stuff as well, so BE CAREFUL.
I have to say, XP (if you do get it working) is a great deal more stable than 98SE and I haven't looked back once, but I'd recommend getting as powerful a machine as you can afford.

Post by **garyb** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 4:00 pm

i've used both acpi and standard pc with good results.depends on the mobo...

deejaysly · Post by **deejaysly** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 8:00 pm

Why the need to dismantle the PC, i.e. remove cards, before installing XP?

and why do we need to install all other software before installing SFP?

ehem, sorry...

and does SFP 3.1c work ok with XP? (only 3.1a and 3.1b has been mentioned)

Ta folks.

Post by **garyb** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 8:58 pm

check out the thread in tips and tricks for the order things should ne installed in.when done right,the os is optimized for the tasks it needs to perform. the reason for removing the cards is the same.it is not absolutely nessessary,but doing it right makes fewer chances for problems.

definitely,use 3.1c!

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 8:11 am

Hi Kalinski

Which motherboard are you using? Does it offer you the choice of APIC?

My 2p on this whole question:

Windows 2000
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Install in standard PC mode (no ACPI)
Disable 'plug & play OS' in BIOS
Disable 'APIC' in BIOS
Use the middle PCI slots for the Creamware card(s) and set their IRQs in BIOS

Windows XP
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If motherboard supports APIC, install XP in ACPI mode, enable plug & play OS in BIOS and enable APIC - allow the system to set the IRQs for the creamware card(s) (again, use the middle PCI slots).

If not, install as for Windows 2000.

In both cases, disable USB2 if your motherboard supports this interface.

Preferably, do not use any other PCI cards (other than your Creamware or Audio I/O cards). Disable any unused motherboard devices (e.g. on-board LAN).

Always use an AGP graphics card, never a PCI one.

Lastly...do not use a VIA chipset motherboard. For pentium-based PCs, use an intel chipset motherboard to guarantee good PCI bus bandwidth.

Royston

firubbi · Post by **firubbi** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 3:14 am

And don't forget to tune your XP for Music.
http://www.musicxp.net/tuning_tips.htm
Thanks

JG · Post by JG » Tue Mar 16, 2004 9:24 am

Hi,
Also there is another method to migrate from 98 to xp. If you have more than one partition on HD, you can install on another partition (than 98) winXP and have dualboot system. And then only tune XP as needed and reinstall some of your programs, that need to be reinstalled.
Juozas.

Kalinski · Post by **Kalinski** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 3:19 am

thanks for everyone's help